Version 1.0.5
September 18, 2017
Improve tab orders.
Improve agent status reporting - especially around pause and stop operations.
Version 1.0.4
August 25, 2017
REQUIRES FLOW VERSION 9.8.3.2 OR GREATER TO BE INSTALLED FIRST!
Display a loading panel at startup.
Improve database performance with better transaction handling.
Implement a play/pause button with the stop button.
Enable deleting selected locations.
Move the Load Locations button to the Locations tab.
Version 1.0.2.1
April 27, 2018
Request the data using a bypass-cache option to try to avoid getting stale data.
Version 1.0.2
April 7, 2017
Improve handling of almanac sunrise and sunset times.
Version 1.0.1
March 29, 2017
Apply default weather icons with a default folder path of weather/
Version 1.0.0
March 28, 2017
Initial Draft
REQUIRES FLOW VERSION 9.3.1.1 TO BE INSTALLED FIRST.
Pulls data from a custom client url source.
Includes forecasts for (but not for all locations)
Current
Daily
Day parts
Uses dynamic fields to include additional custom fields
Override Texts
Almanac data
Normal high and low
Record high and low
Sunrise and sunset times
etc.
Marine data
Advisory
Wind
Waves
Visibility
etc.
Load city name and location details from a delimited text file
similar to WSI city list file format
Adding Locations
To add locations to the list of locations that will be read from the custom News12 Weather source:
Create a text file file with values delimited by the pipe character: |
It should have this header row:
Id|Name|StateAbbreviation|StateName|CountryName|CountryFips
Example record:
BX|Bronx|NY|New York|United States|US
Notes:
ID values need to be unique for each line/location
StateAbbreviate should be at most 4 characters
CountryFips is a 2 character abbreviation/code for the country
Load the text file in the app
Go to the Locations tab
Click the Load Locations... at the bottom of the location list
Select a single state or All
The weather data for the new locations will be available after the reader app runs next.
Sample location file
Sample location file format
Sample file
Id|Name|StateAbbreviation|StateName|CountryName|CountryFips BX|Bronx|NY|New York|United States|US LI|Long Island|NY|New York|United States|US WS|Westchester|NY|New York|United States|US FRG|Farmingdale|NY|New York|United States|US ISP|Islip|NY|New York|United States|US NYC|Central Park|NY|New York|United States|US JFK|JFK Airport|NY|New York|United States|US LGA|La Guardia Airport|NY|New York|United States|US JRB|Wall Street - NYC|NY|New York|United States|US HWV|Shirley|NY|New York|United States|US FOK|Westhampton Beach|NY|New York|United States|US HPN|White Plains|NY|New York|United States|US SWF|Newburgh|NY|New York|United States|US MGJ|Montgomery|NY|New York|United States|US POU|Poughkeepsie|NY|New York|United States|US NJ|New Jersey|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US 12N|Andover|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US BLM|Belmar|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US| CDW|Caldwell|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US NEL|Lakehurst|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US LDJ|Linden|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US MIV|Millville|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US MMU|Morristown|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US VAY|Mount Holly|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US EWR|Newark|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US SMQ|Somerville|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US FWN|Sussex|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US TEB|Teterboro |NJ|New Jersey|United States|US MJX|Toms River|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US TTN|Trenton|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US WRI|Wrightstown|NJ|New Jersey|United States|US CT|Connecticut|CT|Connecticut|United States|US BDR|Bridgeport|CT|Connecticut|United States|US SNC|Chester|CT|Connecticut|United States|US DXR|Danbury|CT|Connecticut|United States|US GON|Groton|CT|Connecticut|United States|US HFD|Hartford|CT|Connecticut|United States|US MMK|Meriden|CT|Connecticut|United States|US HVN|New Haven|CT|Connecticut|United States|US OXC|Oxford|CT|Connecticut|United States|US BDL|Windsor Locks|CT|Connecticut|United States|US